Most large enterprises have launched an initiative to adopt service-oriented architecture (SOA), but SOA is not a solution that comes in a tidy little box. SOA is a new way to design systems, and it is more about culture than it is about technology.
SOA will impact many aspects of an organization, from software development and operations to accounting and incentive systems. Without some type of governance program, a SOA initiative will almost certainly spiral out of control. In this session, Burton Group Research Director Anne Thomas Manes will discuss the fundamentals of a SOA governance program.
Anne Thomas Manes is Vice President and Research Director with Burton Group (http://www.burtongroup.com), a research and advisory firm. She leads research on application platform strategies, with a specific focus on web services and service-oriented architecture. Anne is the author of "Web Services: A Manager's Guide" (ISBN 0321185773).
She is a member of the editorial board of Web Services Journal, a leading industry publication. She is a frequent speaker at trade shows and author of numerous articles. Anne has participated in web services standards development efforts at W3C, OASIS, WS-I, and JCP.
Prior to her role at Burton Group, Anne was Chief Technology Officer at Systinet, a SOA governance company. Prior to joining Systinet, Anne was Director of Market Innovation at Sun Microsystems, where she led Sun's early web services strategy. Anne developed her expertise working at a number of the world's leading hardware and software companies. Her blog is at http://atmanes.blogspot.com.
The JBoss SOA Platform— The JBoss SOA Platform was released in February 2008 and has quickly become a significant open source SOA infrastructure. In this presentation we shall look at the architecture of the SOA Platform, what principles it is based upon, where is it going and how it can help deliver on the SOA vision.
Complex Event Processing— In this talk we will look at how to implement Event Architectures and CEP, especially looking at the Apache Synapse ESB and the Esper CEP toolkit, both Open Source solutions. The talk will include examples, code samples and hands-on approaches to adding CEP to your systems.
SOA Development using JBossESB— Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) are the buzzwords of choice today. However, where do they fit in with IT development (and budgets)? What is their relationship to Web Services and the rapidly evolving WS-* architecture? In this presentation, we'll look at SOA and ESB concepts, relate them to what is happening with the JBossESB product and how you can plan your IT development accordingly.
ServiceMix— Apache ServiceMix is an Open Source ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) that combines the functionality of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and an Event Driven Architecture (EDA) to create an agile, enterprise ESB.
Solving the SOA Paradox through Application Performance Monitoring— Enterprises are deploying SOAs to gain business flexibility and efficiency. However when it comes to ensuring superior performance this approach and the technologies that underpin it, pose special management challenges. The loose coupling of services offers clear benefits - such as better alignment between business and IT; however, the complexities of service-orientation bring hidden performance risks. SOAs are simply the next generation of composite web applications, which CA Wily has been managing for over 9 years. They do have specific management challenges, but these must be considered in the context of the whole web application infrastructure through which Web services transactions flow.
